Ana's China crisis as top seed crashes out of Wimbledon to inspired Zheng

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The day after Maria Sharapova was sent packing, the French Open champion and No 1 seed similarly capitulated against a player ranked outside the world's top 100.

Ana Ivanovic looks dejected as she goes down to defeat against Jie Zheng

Today Britain's Andy Murray will be hoping to avoid any reverse in the rankings when he tackles Germany's Tommy Haas, 38 in the world, for a place in the last 16.

Murray, who has yet to drop a set in two matches, is 27 places higher on the computer than his 30-year- old opponent but narrowly lost when they last met, at Indian Wells in March.

Ivanovic blamed her loss on the draining effect of coming to terms with winning the French Open and becoming world No 1.

She said: 'It has been a very emotional couple of weeks for me and it has taken a bit of a toll. I didn't have as good a preparation as I should have done.

'I thought saving match-points in the previous round would give me more confidence and security but it didn't.

'From the first match I felt I was struggling and when you are No 1 your opponents are really pumped.'

The 25-year-old Jie was once ranked 27 but needed a wildcard to get into the 2008 tournament after having major ankle surgery last year and currently is a humble 133 in the world.

She said: 'I want to thank my husband Zhang Yu because he has been with me throughout the injury and given me a lot of support. Usually Ana's serve is strong but this time I was able to be aggressive against it.'

Ivanovic so nearly went out in the previous round to France's Nathalie Dechy and her confidence appeared to have taken a fatal blow.

Jie, who beat Britain's Elena Baltacha in the second round, won the Wimbledon doubles title two years ago. She was the first Chinese to make the last 16 of a Grand Slam event when she reached the French Open fourth round four years ago.

Last year's surprise finalist Marion Bartoli was another casualty yesterday when she crashed to American Bethanie Mattek 6-4, 6-1.

Men's champion Roger Federer had no such problem in brushing aside Frenchman Marc Gicquel.